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    Rift Valley Development Authority - RVDA

    Say No to Poverty; Say No to Unemployment

    Putting the Last First; Peoples Interests First

    RVDA Our Unity; Our Rift-Valley Uniting Factor

    RVDA Our Hope; Our Future; Our Everything

    [email protected]

    Facebook/pages/riftvalleydevelopmentcommittee

    Hon. (Mr/Mrs) , Prof. (Mr/Mrs) , Dr (Mr/Mrs.) , & Mr/Ms. B.Sc.

    National, County, Constituency & Ward Economic Revolution Leaders

    United Counties of Rift Valley (UCRV/RVDA)

    The UCRV Economic Revolution 2013-2023

    Powered By: UCRV Youth & Professionals

    The Communitys Ultimate Transition to the Promised and Prophesied Sustainable Prosperity

    The Proposed Rift Valley Development Authority - RVDA: The United Counties of Rift

    Valleys Economic Revolution 2013-2023

    Volume V

    The Proposed RVDA Referred to Constitution of Kenya, 2010 Provisions and Other Key

    References

    mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]
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    The Proposed Rift Valley Development Authority - RVDA:

    The United Counties of Rift Valleys Economic Revolution

    2013-2023

    Volume V

    The Proposed RVDA Referred to Constitution of Kenya, 2010

    Provisions and Other Key References

    The constitution of Kenya, 2010 provisions referred to in thedrafting of The Proposed Rift Valley Development Authority

    RVDA: The Economic Strategic Plan 2013 2023. @2012RVDC

    Let us consider the following directly quoted (copy and paste)

    legal provision in The Constitution of Kenya, 2010:

    1. (1) All sovereign power belongs to the people of Kenya

    and shall be

    exercised only in accordance with this Constitution.

    (2) The people may exercise their sovereign power either

    directly or

    through their democratically elected representatives.

    (3) Sovereign power under this Constitution is delegated to

    the

    following State organs, which shall perform their functions in

    accordance with this Constitution

    (a) Parliament and the legislative assemblies in the county

    governments;

    (b) the national executive and the executive structures in the

    county governments; and

    (c) the Judiciary and independent tribunals.

    (4) The sovereign power of the people is exercised at

    (a) the national level; and

    (b) the county level.

    4. (1) Kenya is a sovereign Republic.

    (2) The Republic of Kenya shall be a multi-party democraticState

    founded on the national values and principles of governance

    referred to in Article 10.

    6. (1) The territory of Kenya is divided into the counties

    specified in

    the First Schedule.

    (2) The governments at the national and county levels are

    distinct

    and inter-dependent and shall conduct their mutual relations

    on

    the basis of consultation and cooperation.

    10. (1) The national values and principles of governance in

    this Article

    bind all State organs, State officers, public officers and all

    persons whenever any of them

    (a) applies or interprets this Constitution;

    (b) enacts, applies or interprets any law; or

    (c) makes or implements public policy decisions.

    (2) The national values and principles of governance

    include

    (a) patriotism, national unity, sharing and devolution of

    power, the rule of law, democracy and participation of

    the people;

    (b) human dignity, equity, social justice, inclusiveness,

    equality, human rights, non-discrimination and

    protection of the marginalized;

    (c) good governance, integrity, transparency and

    accountability; and

    (d) sustainable development.

    27. (1) Every person is equal before the law and has the right

    to

    equal protection and equal benefit of the law.

    (2) Equality includes the full and equal enjoyment of all rightsand fundamental freedoms.

    (3) Women and men have the right to equal treatment,

    including

    the right to equal opportunities in political, economic,

    cultural

    and social spheres.

    (4) The State shall not discriminate directly or indirectly

    against

    any person on any ground, including race, sex, pregnancy,

    marital status, health status, ethnic or social origin, colour,

    age, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, dress,

    language or birth.

    (5) A person shall not discriminate directly or indirectly

    against

    another person on any of the grounds specified or

    contemplated in clause (4).

    28. Every person has inherent dignity and the right to have

    that dignity

    respected and protected.

    33. (1) Every person has the right to freedom of expression,

    which

    includes

    (a) freedom to seek, receive or impart information or ideas;

    (b) freedom of artistic creativity; and

    (c) academic freedom and freedom of scientific research.36. (1) Every person has the right to freedom of association,

    which

    includes the right to form, join or participate in the activities

    of an association of any kind.

    37. Every person has the right, peaceably and unarmed, to

    assemble, to

    demonstrate, to picket, and to present petitions to public

    authorities.

    38. (1) Every citizen is free to make political choices, which

    includes

    the right

    (a) to form, or participate in forming, a political party;

    (b) to participate in the activities of, or recruit members for,

    a political party; or

    (c) to campaign for a political party or cause.

    40. (3)The State shall not deprive a person of property of any

    description, or of any interest in, or right over, property of

    any

    description, unless the deprivation

    (a) results from an acquisition of land or an interest in land or

    a conversion of an interest in land, or title to land, in

    accordance with Chapter Five; or

    (b) is for a public purpose or in the public interest and is

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    Every Politician with His/her Own Political Party; Individual Legislators VOTE-Political Parties DO NOT

    Any Politician Who Wants to Force Us to Blindly Vote for Our-Ethnic-Based-Political Party Line-up of His/her Personal Political Sycophants is Our-Own-Political

    Dictator and Our-Own-Direct-Bully; Bully Deserves NO Ones Loyalty;

    We will Cleverly Vote for Naturally Intelligently-Brave-Stubborn-Just-Revolutionary Leaders; and not Blindly to the Syndicate Programmed Our-Ethnic Party Line-

    up of Our-Ethnic-Members;

    Of What Use are We the Strong, If We Cant Use Our Strength to Strengthen the Weak amongst Our Brothers & Sisters Before We or Our Strengths are No More.

    Rift Valley Development Authority - RVDA [email protected] United Counties of Rift Valley UCRV/RVDA)

    Say No to Poverty; Say No to Unemployment Facebook/pages/riftvalleydevelopmentcommittee The UCRV Economic Revolution 2013-2023

    Putting the Last First; Peoples Interests First Powered By: UCRV Youth & Professionals

    RVDA Our Hope; Our Future; Our Everything Hon. , Mrs. , Prof. & Ms.

    RVDA Our Unity; Our Rift-Valley Uniting Factor National, County, Constituency & Ward Velvet Revolution Leaders

    carried out in accordance with this Constitution and any

    Act of Parliament that

    (i) requires prompt payment in full, of justcompensation to the person; and

    (ii) allows any person who has an interest in, or

    right over, that property a right of access to

    a court of law.

    (4). The rights under this Article do not extend to any

    property that

    has been found to have been unlawfully acquired.

    40. (1) Subject to Article 65, every person has the right, either

    individually or in association with others, to acquire and own

    property

    (a) of any description; and

    (b) in any part of Kenya.

    (2) Parliament shall not enact a law that permits the State or

    any

    person

    (a) to arbitrarily deprive a person of property of any

    description or of any interest in, or right over, any

    property of any description; or

    (b) to limit, or in any way restrict the enjoyment of any

    right under this Article on the basis of any of the

    grounds specified or contemplated in Article 27 (4).

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    (3) The State shall not deprive a person of property of any

    description, or of any interest in, or right over, property ofany

    description, unless the deprivation

    (a) results from an acquisition of land or an interest in land

    or

    a conversion of an interest in land, or title to land, in

    accordance with Chapter Five; or

    (b) is for a public purpose or in the public interest and is

    carried out in accordance with this Constitution and any

    Act of Parliament that

    (i) requires prompt payment in full, of just

    compensation to the person; and

    (ii) allows any person who has an interest in, or

    right over, that property a right of access to

    a court of law.

    (4) Provision may be made for compensation to be paid to

    occupants in good faith of land acquired under clause (3) who

    may not hold title to the land.

    (5) The State shall support, promote and protect the

    intellectualproperty rights of the people of Kenya.

    (6) The rights under this Article do not extend to any

    property that

    has been found to have been unlawfully acquired.

    42. Every person has the right to a clean and healthy

    environment,

    which includes the right

    (a) to have the environment protected for the benefit of

    present and future generations through legislative and

    other measures, particularly those contemplated in

    Article 69; and

    (b) to have obligations relating to the environment fulfilled

    under Article 70.

    43. (1) Every person has the right

    (a) to the highest attainable standard of health, which

    includes the right to health care services, including

    reproductive health care;

    (b) to accessible and adequate housing, and to reasonable

    standards of sanitation;

    (c) to be free from hunger, and to have adequate food of

    acceptable quality;

    (d) to clean and safe water in adequate quantities;

    (e) to social security; and

    (f) to education.

    (2) A person shall not be denied emergency medicaltreatment.

    (3) The State shall provide appropriate social security to

    persons

    who are unable to support themselves and their dependants.

    46. (1) Consumers have the right

    (a) to goods and services of reasonable quality;

    (3) This Article applies to goods and services offered by public

    entities or private persons.

    54. (1) A person with any disability is entitled

    (a) to be treated with dignity and respect and to be

    addressed and referred to in a manner that is not

    demeaning;

    55. The State shall take measures, including affirmative action

    programmes, to ensure that the youth

    (a) access relevant education and training;

    (b) have opportunities to associate, be represented and

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    participate in political, social, economic and other

    spheres of life;

    (c) access employment; and

    (d) are protected from harmful cultural practices and

    exploitation.

    56. The State shall put in place affirmative action

    programmes

    designed to ensure that minorities and marginalised groups

    (a) participate and are represented in governance and other

    spheres of life;(b) are provided special opportunities in educational and

    economic fields;

    (c) are provided special opportunities for access to

    employment;

    (d) develop their cultural values, languages and practices;

    and

    (e) have reasonable access to water, health services and

    infrastructure.

    57. The State shall take measures to ensure the rights of

    older persons

    (a) to fully participate in the affairs of society;

    (b) to pursue their personal development;

    (c) to live in dignity and respect and be free from abuse;

    and

    (d) to receive reasonable care and assistance from their

    family and the State.

    63. (1) Community land shall vest in and be held by

    communities

    identified on the basis of ethnicity, culture or similar

    community of interest.

    (2) Community land consists of

    (a) land lawfully registered in the name of group

    representatives under the provisions of any law;

    (b) land lawfully transferred to a specific community byany process of law;

    (c) any other land declared to be community land by an Act

    of Parliament; and

    (d) land that is

    (i) lawfully held, managed or used by specific

    communities as community forests, grazing

    areas or shrines;

    (ii) ancestral lands and lands traditionally

    occupied by hunter-gatherer communities;

    or

    (iii) lawfully held as trust land by the county

    governments,

    but not including any public land held in trust by the

    county government under Article 62 (2).

    (3) Any unregistered community land shall be held in trust by

    county governments on behalf of the communities for which

    it

    is held.

    (4) Community land shall not be disposed of or otherwise

    used

    except in terms of legislation specifying the nature and

    extent

    of the rights of members of each community individually

    and

    collectively.

    (5) Parliament shall enact legislation to give effect to this

    Article.

    66. (1) The State may regulate the use of any land, or any

    interest in

    or right over any land, in the interest of defence, public

    safety,

    public order, public morality, public health, or land useplanning.

    (2) Parliament shall enact legislation ensuring that

    investments in

    property benefit local communities and their economies.

    67. (1) There is established the National Land Commission.

    (2) The functions of the National Land Commission are

    (e) to initiate investigations, on its own initiative or on a

    complaint, into present or historical land injustices, and

    recommend appropriate redress;

    (1) The State shall

    (a) ensure sustainable exploitation, utilisation, management

    and conservation of the environment and natural

    resources, and ensure the equitable sharing of

    accruing benefits;

    (b) work to achieve and maintain a tree cover of at least

    per cent of the land area of Kenya;

    (c) protect and enhance intellectual property in,

    indigenous knowledge of, biodiversity and the genetic

    resources of the communities;

    (d) encourage public participation in the management,

    protection and conservation of the environment;

    (e) protect genetic resources and biological diversity;

    (g) eliminate processes and activities that are likely to

    endanger the environment; and

    (h) utilise the environment and natural resources for thebenefit of the people of Kenya.

    174. The objects of the devolution of government are

    (a) to promote democratic and accountable exercise of

    power;

    (b) to foster national unity by recognising diversity;

    (c) to give powers of self-governance to the people and

    enhance the participation of the people in the exercise of

    the powers of the State and in making decisions

    affecting them;

    (d) to recognise the right of communities to manage their

    own affairs and to further their development;

    (e) to protect and promote the interests and rights of

    minorities and marginalised communities;

    (f) to promote social and economic development and the

    provision of proximate, easily accessible services

    throughout Kenya;

    (g) to ensure equitable sharing of national and local

    resources throughout Kenya;

    (h) to facilitate the decentralisation of State organs, their

    functions and services, from the capital of Kenya; and

    (i) to enhance checks and balances and the separation of

    powers.

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    Every Politician with His/her Own Political Party; Individual Legislators VOTE-Political Parties DO NOT

    Any Politician Who Wants to Force Us to Blindly Vote for Our-Ethnic-Based-Political Party Line-up of His/her Personal Political Sycophants is Our-Own-Political

    Dictator and Our-Own-Direct-Bully; Bully Deserves NO Ones Loyalty;

    We will Cleverly Vote for Naturally Intelligently-Brave-Stubborn-Just-Revolutionary Leaders; and not Blindly to the Syndicate Programmed Our-Ethnic Party Line-

    up of Our-Ethnic-Members;

    Of What Use are We the Strong, If We Cant Use Our Strength to Strengthen the Weak amongst Our Brothers & Sisters Before We or Our Strengths are No More.

    Rift Valley Development Authority - RVDA [email protected] United Counties of Rift Valley UCRV/RVDA)

    Say No to Poverty; Say No to Unemployment Facebook/pages/riftvalleydevelopmentcommittee The UCRV Economic Revolution 2013-2023

    Putting the Last First; Peoples Interests First Powered By: UCRV Youth & Professionals

    RVDA Our Hope; Our Future; Our Everything Hon. , Mrs. , Prof. & Ms.

    RVDA Our Unity; Our Rift-Valley Uniting Factor National, County, Constituency & Ward Velvet Revolution Leaders

    186. (1) Except as otherwise provided by this Constitution,

    the

    functions and powers of the national government and thecounty governments, respectively, are as set out in the

    Fourth

    Schedule.

    187. (1) A function or power of government at one level may

    be

    transferred to a government at the other level by agreement

    between the governments if

    (a) the function or power would be more effectively

    performed or exercised by the receiving government;

    and

    (b) the transfer of the function or power is not prohibited by

    the legislation under which it is to be performed or

    exercised.

    (2) If a function or power is transferred from a government at

    one

    level to a government at the other level

    (a) arrangements shall be put in place to ensure that the

    resources necessary for the performance of the function

    or exercise of the power are transferred; and

    188. (1) The boundaries of a county may be altered only by a

    resolution

    (a) recommended by an independent commission set up for

    that purpose by Parliament; and

    (b) passed by

    (i) the National Assembly, with the support ofat least two-thirds of all of the members of

    the Assembly; and

    (ii) the Senate, with the support of at least two thirds

    of all of the county delegations.

    189. (1) Government at either level shall

    (2) Government at each level, and different governments at

    the

    county level, shall co-operate in the performance of

    functions

    and exercise of powers and, for that purpose, may set up

    joint

    committees and joint authorities.

    192. (1) The President may suspend a county government

    (a) in an emergency arising out of internal conflict or war;

    or

    (b) in any other exceptional circumstances.

    202. (1) Revenue raised nationally shall be shared equitably

    among the

    national and county governments.(2) County governments may be given additional allocations

    from

    the national governments share of the revenue, either

    conditionally or unconditionally.

    203. (2) For every financial year, the equitable share of the

    revenue

    raised nationally that is allocated to county governments shall

    be not less than fifteen per cent of all revenue collected by

    the

    national government.

    209. (3) A county may impose

    (a) property rates;

    (b) entertainment taxes; and

    (c) any other tax that it is authorised to impose by an Act of

    Parliament.

    (4) The national and county governments may impose

    charges for

    services.

    212. A county government may borrow only

    (a) if the national government guarantees the loan; and

    (b) with the approval of the county governments assembly.

    214. (1) The public debt is a charge on the Consolidated Fund,

    but an

    Act of Parliament may provide for charging all or part of the

    public debt to other public funds.(2) For the purposes of this Article, the public debt means

    all

    financial obligations attendant to loans raised or guaranteed

    and securities issued or guaranteed by the national

    government.

    227. (1) When a State organ or any other public entity

    contracts for

    goods or services, it shall do so in accordance with a system

    that is fair, equitable, transparent, competitive and

    costeffective.

    (2) An Act of Parliament shall prescribe a framework within

    which policies relating to procurement and asset disposal

    shall

    be implemented and may provide for all or any of the

    following

    (a) categories of preference in the allocation of contracts;

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    (b) the protection or advancement of persons, categories of

    persons or groups previously disadvantaged by unfair

    competition or discrimination;

    (4) The powers and functions of the Salaries and

    Remuneration

    Commission shall be to

    (a) set and regularly review the remuneration and benefits of

    all State officers; and

    (b) advise the national and county governments on the

    remuneration and benefits of all other public officers.235. (1) A county government is responsible, within a

    framework of

    uniform norms and standards prescribed by an Act of

    Parliament, for

    (a) establishing and abolishing offices in its public service;

    (b) appointing persons to hold or act in those offices, and

    confirming appointments; and

    (c) exercising disciplinary control over and removing

    persons holding or acting in those offices.

    239. (4) A person shall not establish a military, paramilitary,

    or similar

    organisation that purports to promote and guarantee

    national

    security, except as provided for by this Constitution or an Act

    of Parliament.

    259. (1) This Constitution shall be interpreted in a manner

    that

    (a) promotes its purposes, values and principles;

    (b) advances the rule of law, and the human rights and

    fundamental freedoms in the Bill of Rights;

    (c) permits the development of the law; and

    (d) contributes to good governance.

    260. In this Constitution, unless the context requires

    otherwise

    affirmative action includes any measure designed to overcome or ameliorate an inequity or the systemic denial or

    infringement of a right or fundamental freedom;

    guarantee means any absolute or conditional promise,

    commitment or undertaking by the national government to

    partially or completely re-pay any loan to a county

    government or any person;

    land includes

    (a) the surface of the earth and the subsurface rock;

    (b) any body of water on or under the surface;

    (c) marine waters in the territorial sea and exclusive

    economic zone;

    (d) natural resources completely contained on or under the

    surface; and

    (e) the air space above the surface;

    legislation includes

    (a) an Act of Parliament, or a law made under authority

    conferred by an Act of Parliament; or

    (b) a law made by an assembly of a county government, or

    under authority conferred by such a law;

    marginalised community means

    (a) a community that, because of its relatively small

    population or for any other reason, has been unable to

    fully participate in the integrated social and economic

    life of Kenya as a whole;

    (b) a traditional community that, out of a need or desire to

    preserve its unique culture and identity from

    assimilation, has remained outside the integrated social

    and economic life of Kenya as a whole;

    (c) an indigenous community that has retained and

    maintained a traditional lifestyle and livelihood based

    on a hunter or gatherer economy; or

    (d) pastoral persons and communities, whether they are

    (i) nomadic; or(ii) a settled community that, because of its relative

    geographic isolation, has experienced only

    marginal participation in the integrated social and

    economic life of Kenya as a whole;

    natural resources means the physical non-human factors

    and

    components, whether renewable or non-renewable,

    including

    (a) sunlight;

    (b) surface and groundwater;

    (c) forests, biodiversity and genetic resources; and

    (d) rocks, minerals, fossil fuels and other sources of energy;

    property includes any vested or contingent right to, or

    interest in or arising from

    (a) land, or permanent fixtures on, or improvements to,

    land;

    (b) goods or personal property;

    (c) intellectual property; or

    (d) money, choses in action or negotiable instruments;

    DISTRIBUTION OF FUNCTIONS BETWEEN THE NATIONAL

    GOVERNMENT AND THE COUNTY GOVERNMENTS

    Part 1 National Government

    1. Foreign affairs, foreign policy and international trade.

    2. The use of international waters and water resources.

    3. Immigration and citizenship.4. The relationship between religion and state.

    5. Language policy and the promotion of official and local

    languages.

    6. National defence and the use of the national defence

    services.

    7. Police services, including

    (a) the setting of standards of recruitment, training of police

    and use of police services;

    (b) criminal law; and

    (c) correctional services.

    8. Courts.

    9. National economic policy and planning.

    10. Monetary policy, currency, banking (including central

    banking), the

    incorporation and regulation of banking, insurance and

    financial

    corporations.

    11. National statistics and data on population, the economy

    and society

    generally.

    12. Intellectual property rights.

    13. Labour standards.

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    Every Politician with His/her Own Political Party; Individual Legislators VOTE-Political Parties DO NOT

    Any Politician Who Wants to Force Us to Blindly Vote for Our-Ethnic-Based-Political Party Line-up of His/her Personal Political Sycophants is Our-Own-Political

    Dictator and Our-Own-Direct-Bully; Bully Deserves NO Ones Loyalty;

    We will Cleverly Vote for Naturally Intelligently-Brave-Stubborn-Just-Revolutionary Leaders; and not Blindly to the Syndicate Programmed Our-Ethnic Party Line-

    up of Our-Ethnic-Members;

    Of What Use are We the Strong, If We Cant Use Our Strength to Strengthen the Weak amongst Our Brothers & Sisters Before We or Our Strengths are No More.

    Rift Valley Development Authority - RVDA [email protected] United Counties of Rift Valley UCRV/RVDA)

    Say No to Poverty; Say No to Unemployment Facebook/pages/riftvalleydevelopmentcommittee The UCRV Economic Revolution 2013-2023

    Putting the Last First; Peoples Interests First Powered By: UCRV Youth & Professionals

    RVDA Our Hope; Our Future; Our Everything Hon. , Mrs. , Prof. & Ms.

    RVDA Our Unity; Our Rift-Valley Uniting Factor National, County, Constituency & Ward Velvet Revolution Leaders

    14. Consumer protection, including standards for social

    security and

    professional pension plans.15. Education policy, standards, curricula, examinations and

    the

    granting of university charters.

    16. Universities, tertiary educational institutions and other

    institutions

    of research and higher learning and primary schools , special

    education, secondary schools and special education

    institutions.

    17. Promotion of sports and sports education.

    18. Transport and communications, including, in particular

    (a) road traffic;

    (b) the construction and operation of national trunk roads;

    (c) standards for the construction and maintenance of other

    roads by counties;

    (d) railways;

    (e) pipelines;

    (f) marine navigation;

    (g) civil aviation;

    (h) space travel;

    (i) postal services;

    (j) telecommunications; and

    (k) radio and television broadcasting.

    19. National public works.

    20. Housing policy.

    21. General principles of land planning and the co-ordinationof

    planning by the counties.

    22. Protection of the environment and natural resources with

    a view to

    establishing a durable and sustainable system of

    development,

    including, in particular

    (a) fishing, hunting and gathering;

    (b) protection of animals and wildlife;

    (c) water protection, securing sufficient residual water,

    hydraulic engineering and the safety of dams; and

    (d) energy policy.

    23. National referral health facilities.

    24. Disaster management.

    25. Ancient and historical monuments of national

    importance.

    26. National elections.

    28. Health policy.

    29. Agricultural policy.30. Veterinary policy.

    31. Energy policy including electricity and gas reticulation and

    energy

    regulation.

    32. Capacity building and technical assistance to the counties.

    33. Public investment.

    34. National betting, casinos and other forms of gambling.

    35. Tourism policy and development.

    Part 2County Governments

    The functions and powers of the county are

    1. Agriculture, including

    (a) crop and animal husbandry;

    (b) livestock sale yards;

    (c) county abattoirs;

    (d) plant and animal disease control; and

    (e) fisheries.

    2. County health services, including, in particular

    (a) county health facilities and pharmacies;

    (b) ambulance services;

    (c) promotion of primary health care;

    (d) licensing and control of undertakings that sell food to the

    public;

    (e) veterinary services (excluding regulation of the

    profession);

    (f) cemeteries, funeral parlours and crematoria; and(g) refuse removal, refuse dumps and solid waste disposal.

    3. Control of air pollution, noise pollution, other public

    nuisances and

    outdoor advertising.

    4. Cultural activities, public entertainment and public

    amenities,

    including

    (a) betting, casinos and other forms of gambling;

    (b) racing;

    (c) liquor licensing;

    (d) cinemas;

    (e) video shows and hiring;

    (f) libraries;

    (g) museums;

    (h) sports and cultural activities and facilities; and

    (i) county parks, beaches and recreation facilities.

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    5. County transport, including

    (a) county roads;

    (b) street lighting;

    (c) traffic and parking;

    (d) public road transport; and

    (e) ferries and harbours, excluding the regulation of

    international and national shipping and matters related

    thereto.

    6. Animal control and welfare, including

    (a) licensing of dogs; and(b) facilities for the accommodation, care and burial of

    animals.

    7. Trade development and regulation, including

    (a) markets;

    (b) trade licences (excluding regulation of professions);

    (c) fair trading practices;

    (d) local tourism; and

    (e) cooperative societies.

    8. County planning and development, including

    (a) statistics;

    (b) land survey and mapping;

    (c) boundaries and fencing;

    (d) housing; and

    (e) electricity and gas reticulation and energy regulation.

    9. Pre-primary education, village polytechnics, homecraft

    centres and

    childcare facilities.

    10. Implementation of specific national government policies

    on natural

    resources and environmental conservation, including

    (a) soil and water conservation; and

    (b) forestry.

    11. County public works and services, including

    (a) storm water management systems in built-up areas; and

    (b) water and sanitation services.12. Fire fighting services and disaster management.

    13. Control of drugs and pornography.

    14. Ensuring and coordinating the participation of

    communities and

    locations in governance at the local level and assisting

    communities

    and locations to develop the administrative capacity for the

    effective exercise of the functions and powers and

    participation in

    governance at the local level.

    Other Key References

    1. All lands documents: seed of discord, land scrambleafter independence, Kalenjin migration, Waki report,

    Akiwumi report, Poverty index, Holy Bible, Google, sin

    from our fathers, who owns the land, international land

    & environment laws,

    2. Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA)www.adia.ae3. Brazil: Sovereign Fund of Brazil.www.swfinstitute.org

    4. Bruce, D. 2003. Red Capitalists in China. CambridgeUniversity Press.

    5. Chinas industrial and foreign trade policies6. Chinese Investment Corporation (CIC)

    www.china-inv.cn/cicen

    7. Development of a Spatial Planning Concept for NairobiMetropolitan Region Draft Plan.April 2011. ConsultingEngineering Services (India) Private Limited INDIA

    KENYAIn association with Runji & Partners, Consulting

    Engineers and Planners Ltd., KENYA

    8. Dorner P. (Ed). 1977. Cooperative and Commune: GroupFarming in the Economic Development of Agriculture.

    The University of Wiscinsin Press ltd, 70 Great Russell

    Street, London 392pp.

    9. Edwards, E. E. 1940. American agriculture The first 300years. Pp. 171-276. 1940 Yearbook.

    10. Exit the Dragon? Privatization and State Control in China11. Farmers in a Changing World. United States Department

    of Agriculture. U. S. Government Printing

    12. Goldschmid, H.J., Mann, H.M. and Weston, J.F. (Ed).1974. Industrial Concentration: The New Learning. Little,

    Brown & Company Ltd. Canada. 470pp.

    13. Google mapwww.googlemap.co.ke14.

    Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC).www.gic.com.sg

    15. Johnson, P. D. 2003. Big Agriculture vs. SustainableProduction. Denver Post.

    16. Levins, R. A. 2001. Why dont we have sustainableagriculture now? Paper presented at the Eighth

    17. Lockeretz, W. Ed. 1997. Visions of American AgricultureISU Press. Ames, IA Office, Washington, D.C.

    18. Media houses News and Programs19. Ministry of Agriculture, Republic of Kenya. 2010. Draft

    National Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture and Livestock

    Policy.

    20. Nairobi Metro 2030: A world Class African Metropolis;Building a Safe, Secure and Prosperous Metropolitan.

    Ministry of Nairobi Metropolitan Development. Kenya.

    21. Nairobi Metropolitan Region Development Authority Bill2011. Ministry of Nairobi Metropolitan Development.

    Kenya

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    Every Politician with His/her Own Political Party; Individual Legislators VOTE-Political Parties DO NOT

    Any Politician Who Wants to Force Us to Blindly Vote for Our-Ethnic-Based-Political Party Line-up of His/her Personal Political Sycophants is Our-Own-Political

    Dictator and Our-Own-Direct-Bully; Bully Deserves NO Ones Loyalty;

    We will Cleverly Vote for Naturally Intelligently-Brave-Stubborn-Just-Revolutionary Leaders; and not Blindly to the Syndicate Programmed Our-Ethnic Party Line-

    up of Our-Ethnic-Members;

    Of What Use are We the Strong, If We Cant Use Our Strength to Strengthen the Weak amongst Our Brothers & Sisters Before We or Our Strengths are No More.

    Rift Valley Development Authority - RVDA [email protected] United Counties of Rift Valley UCRV/RVDA)

    Say No to Poverty; Say No to Unemployment Facebook/pages/riftvalleydevelopmentcommittee The UCRV Economic Revolution 2013-2023

    Putting the Last First; Peoples Interests First Powered By: UCRV Youth & Professionals

    RVDA Our Hope; Our Future; Our Everything Hon. , Mrs. , Prof. & Ms.

    RVDA Our Unity; Our Rift-Valley Uniting Factor National, County, Constituency & Ward Velvet Revolution Leaders

    22. Newspaper prints23. Overseas Development Institute. 2008. Sustainable and

    Scaling the Millenium Villages: Moving from Rural

    Investment to National DevelopmentPlans to Reach the

    MDGs.

    24. Paris. 2005. Economic Survey: China.25. Robert, C. 1983. Rural Development: Putting the Last

    First. John Wiley & Sons Inc. USA. 246pp.

    26. Roy E.P. 1972. Contract Farming and EconomicIntegration. The Interstate Printers & Publishers, Inc.

    Danville, Illinois, USA. 2nd

    Edition. 661pp.

    27. Rwanda: Millennium Village Brings Prosperity And Unity.http://www.millenniumvillages.org/docs/news/press/All

    AficaCom_28August2009.pdf

    28. Sergoit Wildlife & Golf Resortwww.sergoit.co.ke29. Smith, A. and Frank, F. 1999. The Community

    Development Handbook: A tool to build Community

    Capacity.

    30. Tatu City Projectwww.tatucity.com; Thika green projectwww.thikagreens.co.ke

    31. The Earth Institute. 2008. The Millenium Villages ProjectAnnual Report 2008.www.millenniumvillages.org

    32. The proposed Konza Technology Citywww.konzacity.co.ke

    33. The Republic of Kenya, 1997. Sessional Papers No. 2 of1997 on Industrial Transformation to the Year 2020,

    Government Printer, Nairobi.

    34. The Republic of Kenya, 2009. Population and HousingCensus Interim Report

    35. The Republic of Kenya. 2004. Draft National Policy forthe sustainable Development of Arid and semi-Arid lands

    of Kenya.

    36. The Republic of Kenya. 2007. Draft NationalIndustrialization Strategy.

    37. The Republic of Kenya. 2009. Sessional paper no. 3 of2009 on national land policy

    38. The Republic of Kenya. 2010. The Constitution of Kenya.39. The Republic of Kenya. Nairobi Metropolis 2030

    Development Strategy.

    40. The Republic of Kenya. The Kenya Vision 203041. The Republic of Malaysia. 2010. Economic

    Transformation Programme (ETP): A road map for

    Malaysia. Performance Management and Delivery Unit,

    Prime Ministers Office. Malaysia.

    42. The Republic of Singapore Economic Strategic plan43. The World Bank. 1989. Sub-Saharan Africa: From Crisis

    to Sustainable Growth. The World Bank, Wahington D.C.

    USA. 300pp.

    44. Wileden, A. F. 1970. Community Development: TheDynamics of Planned Change. The Bedminster Press.

    USA. 306pp.

    45. Wooster, J. 2001. Annual Meeting of Innovative Farmersof Ohio.

    NB: This civil education hand-out is for free; every Kenyan is

    encouraged to adopt and use with or without modifications

    in his/her political campaigns.

    The Year of Jubilee; the Sacred Year; Leviticus 25:10.

    The transition time-period from the old generation of

    prophecies to the new generation of truly-sustainable-

    prosperity via fulfillment of the prophecies.

    http://www.millenniumvillages.org/docs/news/press/AllAficaCom_28August2009.pdfhttp://www.millenniumvillages.org/docs/news/press/AllAficaCom_28August2009.pdfhttp://www.millenniumvillages.org/docs/news/press/AllAficaCom_28August2009.pdfhttp://www.sergoit.co.ke/http://www.sergoit.co.ke/http://www.sergoit.co.ke/http://www.tatucity.com/http://www.tatucity.com/http://www.tatucity.com/http://www.thikagreens.co.ke/http://www.thikagreens.co.ke/http://www.thikagreens.co.ke/http://www.thikagreens.co.ke/http://www.millenniumvillages.org/http://www.millenniumvillages.org/http://www.millenniumvillages.org/http://www.millenniumvillages.org/http://www.millenniumvillages.org/http://www.konzacity.co.ke/http://www.konzacity.co.ke/http://www.konzacity.co.ke/http://www.millenniumvillages.org/http://www.thikagreens.co.ke/http://www.tatucity.com/http://www.sergoit.co.ke/http://www.millenniumvillages.org/docs/news/press/AllAficaCom_28August2009.pdfhttp://www.millenniumvillages.org/docs/news/press/AllAficaCom_28August2009.pdf
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    Of What Use are we the Strong, If We Cant Use Our

    Strengths to Strengthen the Weak amongst Our Brothers &

    Sisters before we or OurStrengths are No More

    Acknowledgement

    Many thanks are to the Lord our God for his life-we-live,

    callings-we-heed, inspirations-we-fulfill and strengths-we

    use. Our Father in Heaven, Hallowed be your name.

    Reference

    The Proposed Rift Valley Development Authority - RVDA: The

    United Counties of Rift Valley Economic Revolution 2013-2023.

    RVDC2013

    For specific key references refer to: (Volume V) The

    Proposed RVDA Referred to Constitution of Kenya, 2010

    Provisions and Other Key References.